Folding basket or box



(No Model.)

' O. R. MAGUIRE.

FOLDING BASKET OR BOX.

No. 389,753. tented Sept. 18, 1888.

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ATTORNEY.

N1 PE 'ERS, Photo-mum y Washington, 0.;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES R. MAGUIRE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

FOLDING BASKET OR BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389.753, dated September 18,1888.

Application filed July 28, 1888. Serial No. 281.276. (No model.)

lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a folding basket or box made of paper, pasteboard, wood, or other suitable material, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a view of the blank or basket parts in the flat condition. Fig. 2 is atop view of the basket and embraces the same parts shown in Fig. 1 folded up. Fig. 3 is a side view of the basket.

The bottom A and the side tangs, b, may all be one piece, or each of said parts may be a separate piece. Each side tang, b, has one end hinged at cto the bottom A, being thus connected by a hinged joint. The said bottom and all the side tangs may lie flat in one plane, as shown in Fig. 1, or the side tangs, b, may be folded up to a nearly vertical position and form an angle with respect to the bottom, as shown in Fig. 3. The side tangs, b, may be secured to the bottom by a hinge, a, made of paper or cloth; or, if all the parts are made of one single piece of pasteboard, as stated above, the hinge-joint may be formed by scoring the pasteboard or making a out part way through it, so that the thickness remaining uncut may serve as a hinge. The radial cuts d or straight edges separate the tangs b from each other. When the side tangs are folded up, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to form the wall of a box or basket, the edge of each tang overlaps the edge tangs.

of the adjoining one, and thus any opening between the tangs is prevented, and the box or basket is suited to contain small berries or like articles. Each tang has an opening or hole, e, and a tape, cord, or wire,f, whichever may be preferred, is laced in and out through the holes of all the tangs and tied, and serves to support or retain the tangs in the upright position. The holes 6 may be elongated slots or round holes re-enforced by metal, like an eyelet.

A handle, G, is shown attached to the side The handle may be made of paper, wood, or wire, and attached in any suitable manner. The handle maybe used or omitted. If desired, the said tangs may be perforated or have slots or holes for ventilation.

Baskets or boxes made as herein described may be manufactured by machinery very cheaply and packed or shipped in the fiat condition, so that large quantities will occupy but little room.

Having described my invention, I claim- A folding box or basket comprising a substantially-circular blank having a polygonal center and a series of adjoining perforated radiating tangs, each tang of the series overlapping an adjacent tang, and a ribbon, cord, or wire laced through the perforations and fastened, substantially as specified.

-In testimony whereofI affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. B. MAGUIRE.

Witnesses:

J OHN E. MORRIS, JNO. T. MADDOX. 

